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EXCLUSIVE: LEO interviews Watson

February 24, 2011 – 11:46 am

In the current issue of LEO Weekly, columnist Joe Manning recently conducted a face-to-monitor interview with IBM Supercomputer and Jeopardy! champion Watson. In it, man and machine touch upon some timeless (and timely) topics, such as political disenchantment, the obsolescence of people and the buildings they have erected. A glimpse of the singularity, after the jump.

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Old Louisville — there’s an app for that

December 17, 2010 – 4:02 pm

In the world of smart phones, local graphic artist John Paul has developed an iPhone application for the Old Louisville neighborhood that provides a virtual tour of the historic area. Published by Sutro Media, the ”Historic Old Louisville Kentucky” app is available in the Apple iTunes store for $1.99, if you’re interested. From Insider Louisville: [...]

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BREAKING: Can hot dogs… kill you?

June 8, 2010 – 4:35 pm

In a stunning expose on the dangers of mechanically separated-and-tubed meat products, McClatchy Newspapers ask the question that’s on everyone’s mind: How much will cleaning up BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico cost? Will Israel be held accountable for its attack of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla? Will Congress actually pass financial reform that [...]

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Kentucky’s Internet super highway

February 9, 2010 – 1:54 pm

In an effort to expand the availability and use of broadband Internet services throughout the commonwealth, Gov. Steve Beshear has announced that Kentucky has been awarded a $2.1 million grant in stimulus money to fund broadband mapping and planning. “High-speed Internet access is a vital tool for economic development, education and job creation,” Beshear said [...]

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Scientists: “We’re all basically screwed now.”

July 7, 2009 – 5:49 pm

That’s the basic sentiment you can glean from the following discovery, which pretty much amounts to one of the biggest backfirings in recent scientific history and makes us all just a little less safer, in the long run: … [A] pair of Carnegie Mellon researchers has now demonstrated a technique that uses publicly available information [...]

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